Antenor assorati



No. 610,732. Patented Sept. I3, 1898,. A. ASSORATI.

CURTAIN FIXTURE.

(Application filed Jan. 29, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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CURTAIN-FIXTU RE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 610,732, dated September 13, 1898.

Application filed January 29, 1898. Serial No. 668,405. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANTENOR ASSORATI, a subject of the King of Italy, and a resident of New York, in the county and State of New York,haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in curtain-fixtures, and relates more particularly to fixtures for use in connection with a door, the parts being so mounted that the door may be opened and closed without disturbing the fixtures or the curtain or portiere supported by the pole.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure 1 represents a front view of the upper portion of a door and its frame with my improved fixture secured in position thereon; and Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the same, the fixture being shown in full lines in the position which it assumes when the door is closed and in dotted lines the position which it assumes when the door is opened at substantially right angles to the frame.

The door is denoted by A, and it is hinged, as usual, to a suitable casing or frame B.

The pole-supporting brackets of the curtain fixture are denoted by C and D. The bracket 0 is secured to the frame 13 at a point adjacent to the top of the door, at its hinged end, the said bracket being shown herein as being secured to the framework by suitable screws 0. The bracket D is secured at the top of the free end of the door, in the present instance by suitable screws cl. The bracket 0 has avertically-extended pin or projection c, which is adapted to engage the inner end of the curtain-pole. The bracketD is similarly provided with a vertically-extended pin or projection d for engaging the free end of the said pole.

The curtain-pole is shown as extensible and contractible, and consists of two telescoping sections E E, the section E being engaged at its inner end by the bracket 0, the pin 0 of which preferably passes through the pole and projects a slight distance above the top of the same, whereby one of the rings f of the portiere or curtain F may be engaged therewith for keeping that end of the curtain in position. The outer end of the section E of the pole is similarly engaged with the bracket l), and the ring f of the portiere may be engaged with the bracket to keep that end of the portiere at all times in position.

The bracket 0 is provided with a collar 0 and the bracket D with a collar d upon which the curtain pole rests. As the door A is opened and closed the pole will be shortened and lengthened, and the intermediate rings of the curtain or portiere will adapt themselves to the varying conditions.

By mounting the portiere in the manner 6 5 above described it will be seen that it may be made of sufficient width to entirely conceal the door, and yet at the same time the door may be easily opened and closed without interfering with the portiere, a feature which would be impossible if the brackets were both secured to the frame itself.

Instead of suspending the 'portiere or ourtain by means of rings it may be draped upon the pole and secured in its desired position.

It is obvious that slight changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly to the structure herein set forth; but

"What I claim is- A curtain fixture for use in connection with swinging doors comprising a bracket secured to the door-frame near the hinged end of the door, a second bracket secured to the door at or near its free end and an extensible and contractible curtain pole having the inner end of one of its sections hinged to the firstnamed bracket and the outer end of its other section hinged to the second-named bracket, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 25th day of J anuary, 1898.

ANTENOR ASSORATI. lVitnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, R. B. SEWARD. 

